No internet access at the library Friday

Due to upgrades, our internet access will be down Friday, April 6th, 2012.  Therefore, you will not be able to get online, and we will not be able to look things up or place requests for you. We also will need your library card for any transactions that day.

Please note we will also be closing at 3PM Friday due the the holiday.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

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Easter Holiday Closings

The library will be closed for the Easter holidays, beginning with an early closing at 3PM on Friday, April 6th.  We will also be closed Saturday, April 7th.  The library will reopen with regular hours Monday, April 9th.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  We hope to see you soon!

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Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Eggs for Everyone!  by Laura Driscoll

Click here to request a copy or see if it is on the shelf-

The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Eggs for Everyone!  by Laura Driscoll

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Book Cover Design/Re-Design Contest!

Island is a world

Answer the question “When you read a book, what do you see?” by drawing, collaging, photographing or creating a new cover of your favorite book, or of a book you will one day write! Pick up your entry form (with complete rules) at the library service desk! The Book Cover Design/Re-Design contest runs through May 19 and all ages may enter! Winners of the contest will have their entries displayed at the Library.

Click here for the entry form and rules! (.PDF file)

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Free Chair Yoga Classes For Men and Women! Sign Up Now!

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There will be a free chair yoga class at the our library starting soon, but space is limited, so sign up today.  Go to

http://tinyurl.com/astonadultevents

to register!

6 weeks – 1 hour session Chair Yoga on Saturdays from April 14th to May 19th at 11AM.  Full list of dates/times:

Saturday, April 14 from 11AM
Saturday, April 21 from 11AM
Saturday, April 28 from 11AM
Saturday, May 5 from 11AM
Saturday, May 12 from 11AM
Saturday, May 19 from 11AM

Who Can Do Chair Yoga?
“Anyone can do it!”  Men as well as women.  Chair yoga can benefit you whether you are a beginner who wants to start yoga slowly, out of shape, young or old, overweight or averse to gyms. It is also beneficial for most health problems or concerns in any one area of your body, or to gently help your body strengthen and recover from an illness or surgery. Remember to always check with your physician before starting any exercise program.

What is Chair Yoga?
Chair yoga is the term generally used to describe a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting in a chair or standing, using a chair for support.  Chair yoga gives you the benefit of relieving stress and gentle stretching of muscles and joints.  With the use of this type of yoga modification, it helps to make yoga easier if you have physical limitations in balance, flexibility, or strength. Yoga is not about trying to twist your body into a pretzel.  It is meant to gently stretch and bend the muscles and open air flow with the breath. Whether you are doing classical yoga or chair yoga, you will leave class with a calmer state of mind and a more resilient spirit.

Benefits of Chair Yoga

Chair yoga as well as classical yoga is considered safe. Studies have shown that yoga helps people with the symptoms of many health issues including:

  • hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • manage stress, anxiety, clinical depression
  • fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome
  • arthritis
  • insomnia
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • chronic pain
  • poor circulation
  • relieves stress ,tension in neck, shoulders, torso and legs.
  • gain strength, flexibility and balance
  • digestion
  • osteoporosis – helps stop bone loss or increase bone density
  • well-being feeling
  • breathe easier

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Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Stop Snoring, Bernard! by Zachariah Ohora

and

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Click here to request a copy or see if they are on the shelf-

Stop Snoring Bernard by Zachariah Ohora

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Stop Snoring, Bernard! is this year´s PA One Book, Every Young Child choice.

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Family Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch for Aston Residents!

On Saturday, March 31, Aston Township will hold its annual Community Easter Egg Hunt for all Aston children under age 12 on the athletic field behind the Aston Community Center (our building) on Concord Road. Some of the plastic eggs scattered on the grass will be redeemable for special prizes for different age groups. The free event starts at 10:30 am and happens fast, so don’t be late!

Something new for Egg Hunt families this year will be an hour-long Brunch with the Easter Bunny, which starts at 9am in the Rick Owsley Fieldhouse. Organized by the same volunteers on the Recreation Committee who made the First Annual Winter Fun Festival such a huge success in December, the Easter Brunch will feature a Continental breakfast; the opportunity for parents to photograph their kids with the Easter Bunny; and other children’s activities.

The limit for this special prelude to the Easter Egg Hunt is 200 children (ages 2-12), so pre-registration is required. Call the township office at 610-494-1636 to register.

Happy Easter!

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Friends of the Library Mini Book Sale Sunday!

The Friends of the Library are having a mini book sale in conjunction with the Lions Pancake Breakfast this Sunday, March 25, 2012.

Spread the word!! Prices will be reduced for this sale.  You can get great summer reads!!  The sale time is 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM. 

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Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo by  Kevin Lewis and
Freight Train by Donald Crews

Click here to request a copy or see if one is on the shelf-

Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo by  Kevin Lewis

Freight Train by Donald Crews

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“Hunger Is NOT A Game” Food Drive!

The Harry Potter Alliance and the local chapter, Dumbledore’s Army of Delaware County are working to fight hunger globally as well as locally.  They have set up a food drive collection at the service desk of our library, to coincide with the release of the new “Hunger Games” movie.  Please give non-perishable food! The food that we collect will be donated to the Delco Interfaith Food Assistance Network.  The drive will continue at least through early April.

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